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Variations:
すり身
擂り身

see styles
 surimi
    すりみ
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

つばめこのしろ

see styles
 tsubamekonoshiro
    つばめこのしろ
(kana only) threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)

テングギンザメ

see styles
 tenguginzame
    テングギンザメ
Pacific spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica, species of deep water cartilaginous fish); deep-sea chimaera

トゴットメバル

see styles
 togottomebaru
    トゴットメバル
(kana only) Sebastes joyneri (genus of fish); rockfish

ハタタテダイ属

see styles
 hatatatedaizoku
    ハタタテダイぞく
Heniochus (genus of fish)

Variations:
ハラス
はらす

see styles
 harasu; harasu
    ハラス; はらす
{food} belly meat (from a fish, esp. salmon)

フィッシュかつ

see styles
 fisshukatsu
    フィッシュかつ
(food term) flat breaded fish cakes

フエヤッコダイ

see styles
 fueyakkodai
    フエヤッコダイ
(kana only) longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

みなみのうお座

see styles
 minaminouoza / minaminooza
    みなみのうおざ
(astron) Piscis Austrinus (constellation); the Southern Fish

Variations:
ゆで汁
茹で汁

see styles
 yudejiru
    ゆでじる
broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc.; stock

人参しりしりー

see styles
 ninjinshirishirii / ninjinshirishiri
    にんじんしりしりー
(food term) (rkb:) Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish

Variations:
回遊魚
回游魚

see styles
 kaiyuugyo / kaiyugyo
    かいゆうぎょ
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks

Variations:
大時化
大しけ

see styles
 ooshike
    おおしけ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) very stormy weather (at sea); (2) very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)

天涯何處無芳草


天涯何处无芳草

see styles
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
    tian1 ya2 he2 chu4 wu2 fang1 cao3
t`ien ya ho ch`u wu fang ts`ao
    tien ya ho chu wu fang tsao
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

Variations:
姿造り
姿作り

see styles
 sugatazukuri
    すがたづくり
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

Variations:
擬餌鉤
擬餌針

see styles
 gijibari
    ぎじばり
{fish} artificial fly; lure

斗酒なお辞せず

see styles
 toshunaojisezu
    としゅなおじせず
(expression) being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

Variations:
杜父魚
杜夫魚

see styles
 kakubutsu
    かくぶつ
(kana only) fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)

水心あれば魚心

see styles
 mizugokoroarebauogokoro
    みずごころあればうおごころ
(expression) (proverb) (See 魚心あれば水心) kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if the water is kind to the fish, the fish will be kind to the water

Variations:
水換え
水替え

see styles
 mizukae
    みずかえ
(1) changing the water (e.g. in a fish tank); (2) (See 井戸替え) well cleaning

水淺養不住大魚


水浅养不住大鱼

see styles
shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú
    shui3 qian3 yang3 bu4 zhu4 da4 yu2
shui ch`ien yang pu chu ta yü
    shui chien yang pu chu ta yü
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom); fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

Variations:
活き魚
生き魚

see styles
 ikiuo; ikizakana(生ki魚)
    いきうお; いきざかな(生き魚)
live fish

Variations:
潮汁
うしお汁

see styles
 ushiojiru
    うしおじる
thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

Variations:
牛の舌
牛舌魚

see styles
 ushinoshita; ushinoshita
    うしのした; ウシノシタ
(exp,n) (1) (牛の舌 only) cow's tongue; (2) (kana only) (See シタビラメ・1) sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)

Variations:
生け間
活け間

see styles
 ikema
    いけま
compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

Variations:
疑似餌
擬似餌

see styles
 gijie
    ぎじえ
{fish} (See 擬餌) lure; artificial bait

Variations:

荒(rK)

see styles
 ara; ara
    あら; アラ
(1) (kana only) (usu. アラ) remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); (2) (kana only) flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect; (3) rice chaff; (prefix) (4) rough; (prefix) (5) crude; raw; natural; wild

Variations:
蚊絶やし
蚊絶

see styles
 kadayashi; kadayashi
    かだやし; カダヤシ
(kana only) mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis); mosquito fish; gambusia

Variations:
遡河魚
溯河魚

see styles
 sokagyo; sakkagyo
    そかぎょ; さっかぎょ
(See 降河魚) anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

Variations:
酢和え
酢韲え

see styles
 suae
    すあえ
dressing (vegetables, fish, etc.) with vinegar; vegetables (or fish, etc.) dressed with vinegar

Variations:
関取鰮
関取鰯

see styles
 sekitoriiwashi; sekitoriiwashi / sekitoriwashi; sekitoriwashi
    せきとりいわし; セキトリイワシ
(kana only) Rouleina watasei (type of slickhead fish)

Variations:
頭付き
頭つき

see styles
 kashiratsuki; atamatsuki
    かしらつき; あたまつき
(1) hairstyle; shape of one's head; (2) (かしらつき only) (See 尾頭付き・おかしらつき) fish served whole

Variations:
風干し
風乾し

see styles
 kazaboshi
    かざぼし
wind drying; drying something by hanging it in a drafty place (e.g. fish)

魚は頭から腐る

see styles
 sakanahaatamakarakusaru / sakanahatamakarakusaru
    さかなはあたまからくさる
(exp,v5r) (proverb) the fish rots from the head; decay starts at the top

Variations:
魚味噌
魚みそ

see styles
 uomiso
    うおみそ
(See 鯛・2,味噌・1) miso mixed with fish (often tai)

Variations:
魚市
さかな市

see styles
 sakanaichi
    さかないち
(See 魚市場) fish market

魚心あれば水心

see styles
 uogokoroarebamizugokoro
    うおごころあればみずごころ
(expression) (proverb) kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

Variations:
魚捕り
魚取り

see styles
 sakanatori
    さかなとり
(exp,n) fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish

Variations:
魚河岸
魚がし

see styles
 uogashi
    うおがし
riverside fish market

魚肉ソーセージ

see styles
 gyonikusooseeji
    ぎょにくソーセージ
fish sausage

Variations:

大口魚

see styles
 tara; tara
    たら; タラ
(1) gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); (2) (See 真鱈・まだら) Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

Variations:


海鷂魚

see styles
 ei; ei / e; e
    えい; エイ
(kana only) ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

アエクィデンス属

see styles
 aekudensuzoku
    アエクィデンスぞく
Aequidens (genus of fish)

イトヒキギンザメ

see styles
 itohikiginzame
    イトヒキギンザメ
Hydrolagus alberti (species of Atlantic cartilaginous shortnose chimaera fish)

カイブツギンザメ

see styles
 kaibutsuginzame
    カイブツギンザメ
rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)

キノボリウオ亜目

see styles
 kinoboriuoamoku
    キノボリウオあもく
Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

グラスフィッシュ

see styles
 gurasufisshu
    グラスフィッシュ
Asiatic glassfish (e.g. the Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga)

シファクティヌス

see styles
 shifakutinusu
    シファクティヌス
Xiphactinus (extinct genus of predatory bony fish)

タイワンキンギョ

see styles
 taiwankingyo
    タイワンキンギョ
(kana only) paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

タイワンドジョウ

see styles
 taiwandojou / taiwandojo
    タイワンドジョウ
(kana only) blotched snakehead (species of fish, Channa maculata)

ツマグロカジカ属

see styles
 tsumagurokajikazoku
    ツマグロカジカぞく
Gymnocanthus (genus of northern demersal fish)

テングギンザメ科

see styles
 tenguginzameka
    テングギンザメか
Rhinochimaeridae (family of cartilaginous long-nosed chimaera fish)

Variations:
ドラド
ドラード

see styles
 dorado; doraado / dorado; dorado
    ドラド; ドラード
(1) dorado (South American freshwater fish, Salminus brasiliensis) (spa:); (2) {astron} (See かじき座) Dorado (constellation); the Goldfish; the Swordfish

フィッシュミール

see styles
 fisshumiiru / fisshumiru
    フィッシュミール
fish meal

プログナトデス属

see styles
 purogunatodesuzoku
    プログナトデスぞく
Prognathodes (genus of tropical fish)

ムラサキギンザメ

see styles
 murasakiginzame
    ムラサキギンザメ
purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

ヨコスジフエダイ

see styles
 yokosujifuedai
    ヨコスジフエダイ
(kana only) spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)

Variations:
一夜干し
一夜干

see styles
 ichiyaboshi
    いちやぼし
fish salted and dried overnight

Variations:
三枚(P)
3枚

see styles
 sanmai
    さんまい
(1) (See 枚・まい・1) three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); (2) (三枚 only) cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

不是魚死就是網破


不是鱼死就是网破

see styles
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
    bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4
pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang p`o
    pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang po
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom); fig. it's a life-and-death struggle; it's either him or me

Variations:
五目飯
五目めし

see styles
 gomokumeshi
    ごもくめし
(See 五目ごはん) casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

Variations:
伊達巻き
伊達巻

see styles
 datemaki
    だてまき
(1) (woman's) undersash; (2) rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)

Variations:
出し(P)
出汁

see styles
 dashi(p); dashi
    だし(P); ダシ
(1) (kana only) {food} dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp; (2) (出し, ダシ only) (See 出しにする) pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man

Variations:
南蛮漬け
南蛮漬

see styles
 nanbanzuke
    なんばんづけ
roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

Variations:
叩き(P)
敲き

see styles
 tataki(p); tataki(p)
    たたき(P); タタキ(P)
(1) {food} finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; (n,n-suf) (2) hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; beating; person who strikes something; (suffix noun) (3) (See 日本叩き) bashing; criticizing; attacking; (4) (slang) robbery; extortion; (5) (abbreviation) {bus} (See たたき台・2) springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan; (6) (hist) whipping (Edo-period punishment); lashing; flogging

国連公海漁業会議

see styles
 kokurenkoukaigyogyoukaigi / kokurenkokaigyogyokaigi
    こくれんこうかいぎょぎょうかいぎ
(o) UN Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

Variations:
手蔓藻蔓
手蔓縺

see styles
 tezurumozuru; tezurumozuru; tezurumozuru
    てづるもづる; テヅルモヅル; テズルモズル
(kana only) (See 蜘蛛海星) basket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina); basket fish

Variations:
昆布巻き
昆布巻

see styles
 kobumaki; konbumaki
    こぶまき; こんぶまき
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

Variations:
根付き魚
根付魚

see styles
 netsukiuo
    ねつきうお
(See 根魚) non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)

沈魚落雁閉月羞花

see styles
 chingyorakuganheigetsushuuka / chingyorakuganhegetsushuka
    ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうか
(exp,n) (See 閉月羞花,沈魚落雁) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

Variations:
活き締め
活締め

see styles
 ikijime; ikishime
    いきじめ; いきしめ
(1) (いきじめ only) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・1) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; (2) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・2) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (3) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・3) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank

Variations:
活じめ
活きじめ

see styles
 ikijime
    いきじめ
(can be adjective with の) fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen

Variations:
浮人形
浮き人形

see styles
 ukiningyou / ukiningyo
    うきにんぎょう
(rare) plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath

Variations:
煮浸し
煮びたし

see styles
 nibitashi
    にびたし
type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

Variations:
田楽焼き
田楽焼

see styles
 dengakuyaki
    でんがくやき
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

Variations:
田麩
田ぶ
田麸

see styles
 denbu
    でんぶ
(kana only) fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish

Variations:
相物
間物
合物

see styles
 aimono
    あいもの
fresh or dried fish preserved in salt

Variations:
精進物
精進もの

see styles
 shoujinmono; soujimono(ok) / shojinmono; sojimono(ok)
    しょうじんもの; そうじもの(ok)
(See 生臭物) vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)

Variations:
糸作り
糸づくり

see styles
 itozukuri
    いとづくり
thin strips of raw fish and squid

Variations:
荒巻
苞苴
新巻

see styles
 aramaki
    あらまき
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves

Variations:
虎魚
鰧(oK)

see styles
 okoze
    おこぜ
stingfish; scorpion fish; stonefish

Variations:
西京漬け
西京漬

see styles
 saikyouzuke / saikyozuke
    さいきょうづけ
{food} (See 西京味噌) saikyo-zuke; fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso

Variations:
西京焼き
西京焼

see styles
 saikyouyaki / saikyoyaki
    さいきょうやき
{food} (See 西京漬け) saikyo-yaki; fish slices pickled overnight in white miso, then grilled

逃げた魚は大きい

see styles
 nigetasakanahaookii / nigetasakanahaooki
    にげたさかなはおおきい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) (See 逃がした魚は大きい) the biggest fish is always the one that got away

Variations:
鉄砲(P)
鉄炮

see styles
 teppou / teppo
    てっぽう
(1) gun; (2) {sumo} wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; (3) (colloquialism) (See 河豚) puffer fish

陸に上がった河童

see styles
 okaniagattakappa
    おかにあがったかっぱ
(expression) (See 河童・1) a fish out of water; a kappa up on the land

Variations:
飛び魚
飛魚

see styles
 tobiuo; tobiuo
    とびうお; トビウオ
(kana only) flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

Variations:
魚介(P)
魚貝

see styles
 gyokai
    ぎょかい
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

Variations:
魚焼き器
魚焼器

see styles
 sakanayakiki
    さかなやきき
fish grill; fish oven

魚與熊掌不可兼得


鱼与熊掌不可兼得

see styles
yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé
    yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3 bu4 ke3 jian1 de2
yü yü hsiung chang pu k`o chien te
    yü yü hsiung chang pu ko chien te
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it

Variations:

沙魚
蝦虎魚

see styles
 haze; haze
    はぜ; ハゼ
(1) goby (fish); (2) (See マハゼ) yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)

Variations:
お亀蕎麦
阿亀蕎麦

see styles
 okamesoba
    おかめそば
(kana only) soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

Variations:
がりがり
ガリガリ

see styles
 karikari; karikari
    カリカリ; かりかり
(adj-na,adv-to,adv,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (See こりこり・1) crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; (adv-to,adv,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) grumpily; touchily; edgily; irritably; (adv-to,adv,vs) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) scratching

キッシンググラミー

see styles
 kisshinguguramii / kisshingugurami
    キッシンググラミー
kissing gourami (Helostoma temmincki); kissing fish

クシファクティヌス

see styles
 kushifakutinusu
    クシファクティヌス
Xiphactinus (extinct genus of predatory bony fish)

クロテングギンザメ

see styles
 kurotenguginzame
    クロテングギンザメ
Rhinochimaera africana (species of cartilaginous fish from the Southeast Atlantic)

ココノホシギンザメ

see styles
 kokonohoshiginzame
    ココノホシギンザメ
Hydrolagus barbouri (species of cartilaginous fish found in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea)

ストリアータゴビー

see styles
 sutoriaatagobii / sutoriatagobi
    ストリアータゴビー
stripehead goby (Trimma striatum, was Trimma striata); stripehead dwarf goby (an Indo-West Pacific fish species)

タキゲンロクダイ属

see styles
 takigenrokudaizoku
    タキゲンロクダイぞく
Coradion (genus of tropical fish)

チョウチンアンコウ

see styles
 chouchinankou / chochinanko
    チョウチンアンコウ
(kana only) football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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